(GAY'S FINCH.)
+Phrygilus gayi+, _Burm. La-Plata Reise_, ii. p. 487 (Mendoza);
_Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 31; _White, P. Z. S._ 1882, p. 599
(Catamarca).
_Description._--Above, head all round, neck, and wing-coverts grey;
back and upper tail-coverts olive-green; wings and tail black;
beneath, throat grey, breast and belly yellow, washed with olive;
crissum and under tail-coverts white; bill and feet black: whole
length 6·0 inches, wing 3·5, tail 2·3. _Female_: above obscure
olive-green, below yellow.
_Hab._ Chili and Western Argentina.
Burmeister says that this Chilian species is found in the valleys of the
Sierras near Mendoza.